Because in the past week, I feel like I've witnessed two titans of all time.

Sunday on HBO was that monstrosity between Booth and that poor Marnie [Brian Willam's daughter IRL BTW] on Girls was about the weirdest I've seen since Blue Velvet.

Then I was catching up on American Horror Story Asylum, and witnessed the somehow simultaneously slo-mo and feverish coitus between Lana and Dr. Thredson as Lana was his Surrogate Mother/Future Lampshade in his Sweeney Todd Basement, and thought 'has the world just gone through the looking glass?'

[particularly as I've been sqiqued-out with the whole Lana/Threadson sexual politics storyline with it being written by two gay writers and both the actors portraying them being gay playing straight/repressed as well]

It's incredibly hard to explain. I've never come across someone who I'm less physically attracted to, yet found more endearing, than Lana Dunham. She;s not just 'dumpy,'' she's doughy in the middle, and flat in the chest, and with a weak chin. But there's an endearing quality to her that breaks through in moments in the show. Part of it is her writing such great material at such a young age. It's not just 'Sex in the City rebooted.' It's Millenials growing up in a post SatC world with all the expectations and disappointments adjusted and rationalized. She [and her friends] are growing up in a perfect situation for their demographics, yet are both flailing and thriving in said situation, depending on your metrics.

The key is her eye for minutiae. In the most recent episode, there's a 5 second scene of her trying to do the workout being shown on the TV that's the most depressing and endearing scene I've seen in a long while. A while back in season 1 there was an extended scene where a rich guy who had lured two hotties to his impressive crib, but they were amused with him than impressed, and he loses his shit in an impressively inventive way. You have to see the scenes to realize their import. There's no more I can say.

It's the epitome of a a 'you had to see it' situation. Watch 2-3-4 episodes of the show and come back and discuss is all I can advise. I've never seen anything so contemporaneously repellent and adorable in a long while.

I haven't seen Girls, but I caught Tiny Furniture (her breakthrough indie film), and it's a good watch. I don't know if she's the voice of my generation, but she really shows a good microcosm of a large segment of it.

And I didn't even mention Adam who may be one of the most brilliant characters in TV history, with practically nothing to do. He'll be a seeming complete asshole for so long, then mutter the most endearing rationale under his breath that more than excuses it, it makes it the exact right thing to do.